Dining Credits used for Anyone?

[PrincessEmmasMommy]

Hi! We are not getting the dining plan b/c BIL is a CM and we won't have tickets. Can another family member who goes with us, pay for our meal with extra meal plan credits. They are on the DDP and have extra credits (It would do us both good if we just paid them for the credits and used them rather than wasting them).
Thanks!
Jen

[cindyrellinut]

I was wondering the same thing but with a different twist. My husband is coming down after we check in and will be added on to the room when he comes down. We have the DLXDP and was wondering if I can use some of my credits for him also. He won't be on the DDP because he is arriving after us and I wasn't aware he was coming when I made the reservations.
Thanks for posting a great question!

[GrumpyFan]

Generally speaking, No and I think trying to do so might be considered cheating the system. Disney has tried to squash this sort of thing a year or more ago to prevent abuse. They have specific rules now that specify only the number of credits can be used as per the number of people on the dining plan at a time. So, if their dining plan has 4 people attached to it, they would only be able to use 4 credits (max) at that particular meal.

[KAT1811]

I'm fairly certain that you are not supposed to do that.

I was wondering the same thing but with a different twist. My husband is coming down after we check in and will be added on to the room when he comes down. We have the DLXDP and was wondering if I can use some of my credits for him also. He won't be on the DDP because he is arriving after us and I wasn't aware he was coming when I made the reservations.
Thanks for posting a great question!

Have you made your reservations yet? Because all of the people on a reservation (in one room) must be on the same package plan. As far as I know this rule has not changed and you may find that they will not allow you to add on your DH when he arrives, as part of the package.

[PrincessTracie]

Speaking from experience with the dining plan last year, I think the only way it would work is if you did CS meals. TS meals wouldn't work because they know how many people are on the dining plan. But if you did CS you may be able to get away with it, but only if you ate at like 2 different places. Lets say 3 people wanted to eat at like The Lunching Pad, then if you walked over to another CS location and got your meal, it would work. They pretty much just take all your CS meals, TS meals and Snacks into 3 piles.. its not designated to be per person. So one person could have 10 snacks and the other person on the plan only use 5 because the first person used his.. they don't know who uses what and when they used it. I know my aunt and cousin were on one dining plan together and they got like 6 snacks at one time.. even though they only had 2 people on the dining plan. So it is possible to share credits but I'm not condoning it. Disney frowns upon it, but I don't think they can stop it.. unfortunately.

[PAYROLL PRINCESS]

Last year we were allowed to use adult table service credits for my 4 year old nephew when my BIL wasn't there with us. He didn't like/want anything on the kids menu so they allowed him to use the adult credits. And we were very up front that we were using them for him, not for an adult.
But I'm not sure if you can do what you are asking since you would all be at the same meal. I've also heard of people having credits left and paying for a random stranger's meal to use up the credit.

[DizneyRox]

They are only supposed to allow the number of credits as printed on the room card. Ther's a code, csomething like A2C1 or something to that effect which means 2 adults 1 child. They will only allow use UP TO that to be used at one time. It's tough to police WHO the two adults are and the child, but since dining credits are non-transferrable, it doesn't really matter. Using credits for someone who isn't on your reservation is against the rules.

[cindyrellinut]

Have you made your reservations yet? Because all of the people on a reservation (in one room) must be on the same package plan. As far as I know this rule has not changed and you may find that they will not allow you to add on your DH when he arrives, as part of the package.

Actually, I called WDTC regarding this. Since DH is not arriving until Thursday night and we are arriving on Tuesday they said it would be no problem to add him to the reservation after arrival. He would be given a room key and I would be able to add his park pass to his room key. I am fully prepared to pay for all of his meals OOP. I was just wondering if I could use my credits for him if I had extra. With the Deluxe Plan there is no way I am going to be able to eat all of that food. I didn't want his hard earned money to go to waste.
I try to keep that to the other 51 weeks of the year.

[TheDuckRocks]

Here is the exact wording from the Disney Dining brouchure:

Q. Can I use my Disney Deluxe Dining Plan to redeem meals for friends or family
members who are not included in my reservation and have not purchased this plan?
A. Sorry, you may not use your Disney Deluxe Dining Plan to redeem meals for friends or family members who are not included in your reservation and have not purchased this plan.

[r4kids]

Actually, I called WDTC regarding this. Since DH is not arriving until Thursday night and we are arriving on Tuesday they said it would be no problem to add him to the reservation after arrival. He would be given a room key and I would be able to add his park pass to his room key. I am fully prepared to pay for all of his meals OOP. I was just wondering if I could use my credits for him if I had extra. With the Deluxe Plan there is no way I am going to be able to eat all of that food. I didn't want his hard earned money to go to waste.
I try to keep that to the other 51 weeks of the year.

First LOL, I too try to keep that down. Second, do you need the deluxe plan? Maybe if you aren't eating enough to justify it then you could down grade to the basic plan and then add DH when he arrives. Or add him from the beginning since it is only a 2 day difference and then you'll have 2 extra days worth of dining credits to use. You can still have a different amount of days for your tixs. The basic plan still has ALOT of food. Just a thought so that way no worries on "cheating" the system.

[DizneyRox]

... Maybe if you aren't eating enough to justify it then you could down grade to the basic plan and then add DH when he arrives.

You can't add someone [to the DDP] 1/2 way though a reservation, it's all of nothing for everyone on the reservation at check-in. Actually, you can't add it AT check-in either, it must be done a few days prior to arrival I believe.

Or add him from the beginning since it is only a 2 day difference and then you'll have 2 extra days worth of dining credits to use. You can still have a different amount of days for your tixs. The basic plan still has ALOT of food. Just a thought so that way no worries on "cheating" the system.

Or, you can split the stay, 2 days prior do it without him on the plan, and then a new reservation WITH him on the plan. Problem is you would need to buy a number of "extra" tickets as each reservation needs to be done with MYW tickets for everyone on the reservation.

He may be required to be there at checkin, I'm not sure how strictly they enforce that. Not so much with kids I assume as with adults.

[disneygirlie11]

While Disney may not condone giving away our credits, you are allowed to share credits with each other. For example, the woman on the deluxe plan--you can eat at your two table services a day and your husband and yourself are allowed to share both meals. We've done this many times and it is always told to us that we may split meals for one credit.

[KAT1811]

He may be required to be there at checkin, I'm not sure how strictly they enforce that. Not so much with kids I assume as with adults.

He is not required to be there at check in. Or at least when we checked in DH didn't have to be there. We included him on the entire reservation even though he would be joining us 5 days later. We just used our dining points for ourselves and then had some extra when he did arrive. We were able to do some 2 TS dinners because DH did not use his for the first part of the reservation and had plenty credits.

[cindyrellinut]

First, I need to apologize to the OP. I kind of overtook the thread and didn't mean to. As stated before, I am fully prepared to pay OOP for all of DH's meals. I was just not sure if I had extra meals if I could use them for him. Apparently, this is "illegal" and I shudder at the fact of doing anything wrong in my happy place. I can't add him to the reservation because his job may keep him from coming with us and I don't want to lose all of the money I would have paid to add him. He is still shaky right now if he will make it. I only have a plane ticket invested in this and that's fine with me. Thanks for all of your great advice.